Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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Sivu 23
... thousand little workmen commence their labours . Some bring long pieces of straw into the hole of an old wall , others affix their edifice to the windows of a church ; these steal a hair from the mane of a horse ; those bear away , with ...
... thousand little workmen commence their labours . Some bring long pieces of straw into the hole of an old wall , others affix their edifice to the windows of a church ; these steal a hair from the mane of a horse ; those bear away , with ...
Sivu 28
... thousand years they have made the same voyage - they have remained free and happy in the city of Solon , as in that of the chief of the black eunuchs . From the height of their nests , which the revolutions below have not been able to ...
... thousand years they have made the same voyage - they have remained free and happy in the city of Solon , as in that of the chief of the black eunuchs . From the height of their nests , which the revolutions below have not been able to ...
Sivu 29
... thousand times the size . Every traveller must have felt this upon looking at the immense masses which rise in solitary magnificence on the plains at Stonehenge . The great block in the tomb of Agamemnon at Argos ; those in the ...
... thousand times the size . Every traveller must have felt this upon looking at the immense masses which rise in solitary magnificence on the plains at Stonehenge . The great block in the tomb of Agamemnon at Argos ; those in the ...
Sivu 34
... thousand evolutions and flights in air , they seemed to try their wings , and prepare for their long pilgrimage . Whence is it that , of all the recollections in existence , we prefer those which are connected with our cradle ? The ...
... thousand evolutions and flights in air , they seemed to try their wings , and prepare for their long pilgrimage . Whence is it that , of all the recollections in existence , we prefer those which are connected with our cradle ? The ...
Sivu 99
... thousand obstacles intervene , before they are fully developed ; but when we survey a long course of ages we see that all has been accomplished . The march of Providence is not subjected to narrow limits ; it cares not to develop to ...
... thousand obstacles intervene , before they are fully developed ; but when we survey a long course of ages we see that all has been accomplished . The march of Providence is not subjected to narrow limits ; it cares not to develop to ...
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